The outcome allows Labrada to retain his license to carry a badge ... In 2021, California joined other states in enacting legislation that created a process for decertifying police officers ...

Dages, meanwhile, was fired after an administrative investigation found he made false statements in a police report ... he can't be an officer anywhere in California. In the last two years ...

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Moments before he signed the bill, Newsom pointed at California’s status as both a leader and a laggard when it comes to police reform, pointing to its lack of a decertification process.